Rubrics -Make your life easy
Center for Distance EducationInstructional Design Services
Dr. Prasanthi Pallapu
Resources
• Course online in Pearson Learning Studio• Sample Rubrics
Definition
Merriam-Webster• ‘a guide listing specific criteria for grading or
scoring academic papers, projects, or tests’
Why?
• For Students:– To review the set expectations for a specific task– To submit a better quality work– To receive feedback on student learning• during the process
– Examples: Playing a musical instrument; Speech;
• end product– Examples: Reports, Research Papers, etc.
Why?
• For instructors– To focus on student centered learning• on what students should learn • on what instructors should teach
– Guide and evaluate student performance– To be consistent and fair while grading
Types of Rubrics• Two types of rubrics– Holistic & – Analytic
Holistic
• All criteria are assessed simultaneously• Faster as it takes less time• Does not provide or communicate feedback
for improvementSource: From Assessment and Grading in Classrooms (p. 201), by Susan M. Brookhart and Anthony J. Nitko, 2008, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Copyright 2008 by Pearson Education.
Sample
http://web.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/academic_technology/itss/beachboard/d2l/instructors/rubrics/printer_friendly/createrubric_printerfriendly.html
Analytic
• Each criterion is assessed individually or separately
• Takes more time to assess• Provides and communicates feedback for
improvementSource: From Assessment and Grading in Classrooms (p. 201), by Susan M. Brookhart and Anthony J. Nitko, 2008, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. Copyright 2008 by Pearson Education.
Sample
http://www.slideshare.net/missreynova/a-sample-of-analytic-scoring-rubrics
Rubrics in the Online Course
Three steps:1. Prepare your rubric in a word processing
program2. Make it available to students under Course
Home• Preferably in a PDF format to print • Easy to upload to the course
3. Add it to the Online Course for grading
Rubrics
Samples• Initial Response to a Discussion topic• Participation in Discussion
Resources:• RubiStar• Teacher Planet
Demonstration
• How to build the rubric– Handout
• How to grade• Student View
Questions
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